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Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III says greed hinders aid to poor
WASHINGTON - Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III used his farewell speech from Congress on Wednesday to deride the "great lie of our times" that the government lacks the resources and will to help people in...
Dec 9, 2020
Jury convicts Illinois man in Minnesota mosque bombing
MINNEAPOLIS - A jury on Wednesday convicted the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group of several civil rights and hate crime charges in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque. Prosecutor...
Dec 9, 2020
Man charged after targeting Somali women in parking lot of Edmonton mall
EDMONTON - A 41-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly yelled racial slurs at two Somali woman wearing hijabs in an Edmonton mall parking lot.Police say in a news release that they responded...
Dec 9, 2020
Cook-Searson supports vaccine approval, provincial rollout plan
Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson is grateful Health Canada has approved the Pfizer vaccine and supports the provincial government's plan for its rollout. "It's a good sign and we're m...
Dec 9, 2020
Women's Hall of Fame honours Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. - "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and "Beloved" author Toni Morrison will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame Thursday as part of a posthumous clas...
Dec 9, 2020
Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says Conservatives have no interest in improving a bill on assisted dying, they just want to stop it. The Conservatives have been talking out the clock on Bill ...
Dec 9, 2020
CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request
VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...
Dec 9, 2020
Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care
OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...
Dec 9, 2020
Hunter Biden facing federal investigation over 'tax affairs'
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter said Wednesday that he has learned from federal prosecutors that his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation by the Delaware U....
Dec 9, 2020
Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans
VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's ...
Dec 9, 2020